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The mission was launched on 15 July 1975, with the Soyuz returning on 21 July and Apollo on 24 July. On 5 April, Soyuz 7K-T 39 aborted after the second and third stages failed to separate, with the crew pulling over 21 g on a ballistic reentry. On 19 April, the first Indian satellite, Aryabhatta, was launched on a Soviet Kosmos-3M.
Apollo–Soyuz, Issue of 1975, USA. The remaining crew's most recent reunion was on 16 July 2010, when Leonov, Kubasov, Stafford, and Brand met at an Omega timepiece store in New York City. All except Leonov participated in a public roundtable that evening. Omega had produced several watches to be used on the mission. [36] Apollo–Soyuz medallion
In a season of detente, the two competitors declared an end to the race and literally shook hands on July 17, 1975, with the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, where the two craft docked, and the crews exchanged visits.
His final space mission was in 1975 on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, which was the first international space mission and demonstrated the first ever docking of American and Soviet spacecraft ...
On the return to Earth, the Apollo 10 spacecraft achieved a speed of 24,791 miles per hour (39,897 km/h), setting the record for the fastest speed achieved by human beings. In 1975, Stafford was the commander of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project flight, the first joint U.S.-Soviet space mission. He was a brigadier general at the time of the mission ...
Soyuz 3: 30 October 1968 Soyuz 3: Failed to dock with uncrewed Soyuz 2. 30 Frank Borman (2) Jim Lovell (3) William Anders: 21 December 1968 Apollo 8: 27 December 1968 Apollo 8: First crewed lunar orbit. 31 Vladimir Shatalov (1) 14 January 1969 Soyuz 4: 17 January 1969 Soyuz 4: First crew transfer between space vehicles. First docking of two ...
15 July 1975 Soyuz 19: 21 July 1975 Soyuz 19: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (ASTP); first joint Soviet–US spaceflight. The two craft dock in space with exchange of flags and gifts. Last crewed US mission until STS-1 in 1981. 60 Thomas P. Stafford (4) Vance D. Brand (1) Donald K. Slayton: 15 July 1975 Apollo–Soyuz: 24 July 1975 Apollo–Soyuz ...
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